Offset gooseneck mounting for awnings



Sept. 11, 1951 E, p DAZZQ 2,567,424

OFFSET GOOSENECK MOUNTING FOR AWNINGS Filed May 10, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

ERRoL P D'Azzo Sept. 11, 1951 E. P. D'AZZO OFFSET GOOSE-NECK MOUNTING FOR AWNINGS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 10, 1950 uvwszyron. ERRoL. P D Azzo Patented Sept. 11, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OFFSET GOOSENECK MOUNTING FOR AWNINGS 7 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in awnings, and, more particularly, in the means for mounting the same.

Modern awnings comprise a concealed roll on which the awning fabric is wound, means to Wind and unwind the roll of fabric, and a front cross bar to which the end of the fabric is secured, said cross bar being suitably mounted on scissor-like collapsing side arms to support the front end of the awning in the desired position.

It has been found that in mounting an awning, the only available positions for mounting the collapsing side arms often are located beyond the ends of the front cross bar supported thereby which requires that the installers bend said arms or otherwise contrive to match them to said cross bar.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide means, preformed to connect the said arms and cross bar in a manner to support the latter, regardless of the divergence in locations of said arms and the ends of said cross bar.

Another object of the invention is to construct and arrange said connecting means so as to provide for the economical manufacture and the rapid and simple installation thereof.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side view of an awning embodying the invention, the awning being shown in folded or closed position.

Fig. 2 is a side view similar to Fig. l but from the opposite side and with the awning partially opened.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the folded awning of Fig. 1 with the center thereof broken away and the ends moved closer together.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the connecting means of the invention and the associated parts, with the front cross bar broken away and the ends thereof moved together.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the connector of the invention and the associated The details of the drive connection between the member I2 and the roller H) are not relevant to the instant invention and therefore are not illustrated and will not be described.

The roller I0 is rotatably journalled within a housing 13 of suitable material, see Figs. 1 to 3, secured at each end by bolts M to an angle bar l5 which in turn is secured to a forward projection of a building wall I6. Also secured to the angle bars 15 are a pair of vertical posts I! to each of which are fastened by screws I8 a pair of pivot brackets and 2! spaced apart vertically. Pivotally secured to each lower bracket 2| is an upwardlyextending arm 22, see Figs. 1 and 2, which at its upper end is pivoted to a downwardly extending arm 23 whose lower end is pivotally connected at 24 to a second upwardly extending arm 25;

Each arm 25 extends downwardly beyond the pivot '24 of the respective arm 23 and has pivotally secured to its end the lower end of an arm 26 parallel with the arm 23. Arm 26 is pivotally connected to arm 22 at 21 and extends upward therefrom. Each arm 26 has in its upper part a plurality of spaced pivot holes 28 by any of which the arm can be pivoted to an arm 30. Each arm 30 is also provided with a plurality of pivot holes 3i so that a wide range of adjustment of the pivot of arms 26 can be effected. Each arm 39 has its lower end formed into a collar 32 which embraces a threaded post 33 pivoted in the respective upper pivot bracket 29 and having thereon an adjustment nut 34 by which the vertical position of collar 32 can be adjusted.

As shown in Fig. 3 the arms 23 and 26 are made double and embrace the arms 22 and 25 between the halves thereof.

Arms 25, at their upper ends, have secured thereto by the connecting means of the invention a front cross bar 35 to which the free end of the awning fabric II is suitably fastened.

The construction is such that normally the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 with the arms 22, 23, 25 and 26 collapsed together scissors fashion and with the cross bar 35 located near the housing l3, said parts being held thusly by the fabric H of the awning. However, as the hookmember l2 isturned to unwind the fabric II from roller 10 the arms 22, 23, 25 and 26 begin to straighten out to support the front edge of the awning fabric as shown in Fig. 2. This is such a familiar operation that it is deemed unnecessary to describe it further.

It has been found that very often the side arms 22, 23, 25 and 26 can not be mounted within 3 the span to be covered by the awning but, because of the configuration of the building wall, must be mounted beyond the ends thereof. To care for such contingencies the following means are provided.

Referring to all of the figures of the drawings, but particularly to Figs. 4 and 5, each of the arms 25 has its upper end adjustably secured in a slot 3'! in one branch of an offset gooseneckconnecting member 38 by a nut 40, the other branch of said offset member having pivoted thereto at its end by a bolt 41 a yoke-like member 42. Pro= jecting from the butt face of each yoke member 42 there is a threaded stud 43 which engages in the one end of a pipe elbow 44 whose other end has secured therein the front cross bar 35 to which the fabric ll of the awning is attached.

It will be seen that the offset member 38 can be utilized to connect the arms 25 with the cross bar 35 when the former are located beyond the ends of the latter as shown in Fig. 4 or when the former are located within the ends of the latter as shown in Fig. 5. It will also 'be seen that if the arms 25 are located ideally with respect to the ends of the cross bar a connecting member 38 having no offset will be used.

In practice, the installers of an awning calculate the amount of offset required, if any, and order along with the other equipment to be assembled and installed, a pair of preformed connecting members 38 having the desired amount of offset. Thus the laborious and time-consuming task of forming an offset on the spot or bending the arms 25 is done away with.

It is to be understood that the offset goosenecks may be interchanged for left or right mountings.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and collapsible side arms including free upper ends, comprising a connecting member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the upper end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke pivoted to the other end of said member, a threaded stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud threaded into one of its ends and the adjacent end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

2. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and collapsible side arms including free upper ends, comprising an offset connecting member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the upper end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke pivoted to the other end of said member, a stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud secured in one of its ends and the adjacent end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

3. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and collapsible side arms including free upper ends offset from the ends of the front cross bar, comprising a connecting member offset an amount equal to the offset of the end of the cross bar and the free upper end of the associated side arm, said member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the upper end of the asso ciated side arm, a bolt to fix aid arm in said slot, a yoke pivoted to the other end of said member, a threaded stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe e1bow having said stud secured in one of its ends and the adjacent end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

4. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and collapsible side arms including free upper ends located out of line with the ends of the cross bar, comprising an offset connecting member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the upper end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke pivoted to the other end of said member, a threaded stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud threaded into one of its ends and the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

5. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and pivotally mounted side arms including free ends, comprising a connecting member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the free end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke embracing and pivoted to the other end of said member, a stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud secured in one of its ends and the associated end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

6. Connectingmeans for an awning having a front cross bar and pivotally mounted side arms including free ends, comprising an offset connecting member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the free end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke pivoted to the other end of said member, a threaded stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud threaded into one of its ends and the associated end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

7. Connecting means for an awning having a front cross bar and pivotally mounted side arms having free ends offset from the ends of the cross bar, comprising a connecting member offset an amount equal to the offset of the end of the cross bar and the free end of the associated side arm, said member having in one end thereof a slot to receive the free end of the associated side arm, a bolt to fix said arm in said slot, a yoke embracing and pivoted to the other end of said member, a stud projecting from the butt of said yoke, and a pipe elbow having said stud secured in one of its ends and the associated end of the front cross bar secured in the other of its ends.

ERROL P. DAZZO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,475,233 Joseph Nov. 27, 1923 1,903,289 DAzzo Apr. 4, 1933 

